Xia Ning looked at them one by one.

[Occupation: Unemployed]

It's definitely not a veiled reference to the character's starting class. Xia Ning guesses that there will be a class change opportunity after leveling up. It's unclear whether class selection is related to skills; there's too little information to speculate at this point.

Level: 1 (Experience Points: 0/100)

The experience points are 0, so the experience points should be awarded after the dungeon is completed. If you fail halfway through, all your efforts will be wasted.

Having more equipment slots has both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that the equipment doesn't actually need to be worn on your body or take up space in your backpack. Offensive items can be accessed through thought, and defensive items are invisible to the naked eye.

In future PVP battles, this can confuse opponents, preventing them from recognizing what your items are.

The downside is that you can't stack yourself up like a Christmas tree and mindlessly add attributes like in the mobile game Miracle Cold that Xia Ning used to play.

The upper limit is 6. We can't just rely on quantity; we need to find better quality items.

The skill cap of 3 is not a problem for now, after all, Xia Ning is not so extravagant as to be able to choose the skill pool at will.

This update makes the game feel a bit like a card game, except that you assign cards to your characters when you play.

Xia Ning continued flipping through the pages.

[Vehicle] There are not many changes. The red and green scarf and floral shirt can still be tied to the tricycle to maintain its good looks.

Xia Ning didn't know if the funnel hadn't been fixed, or if the game simply didn't care about the players' little quirks.

Overall, this is a good thing for Xia Ning, and her biological warfare plan should be able to continue.

Next is the [Channel].

Xia Ning's heart skipped a beat as soon as she opened the regional channel.

Online users: 6301.

A system maintenance session eliminated over a hundred people, marking the largest single elimination since the game began.

Looking at the blood-soaked numbers, and recalling the game announcement's statement about "improving game quality and increasing game fun," Xia Ning felt an intense sense of irony.

Compared to Xia Ning, who was completely clueless, the other players clearly saw much more.

...99+ historical messages

Lulu: "I saw the mountains and rivers turn upside down, and the sun, moon and stars shift! Can you believe it!"

Gao Zhiwen: "What's that? I saw a dinosaur walk over my head, it was like an earthquake, I almost thought I drove into Jurassic Park."

Helian said repeatedly, "What? Am I the only one who saw strange creatures? I've turned into a Clash of Clans role-playing game. There's a bloody mist, and I can vaguely see indescribable things. I don't dare to look closely, for fear of losing SAN points."

Charging for Glory: "So, everyone sees things differently."

Li Le: "It might be a scenario we'll face in the future."

Lulu: "Don't scare me. Surviving in the wilderness is tough enough. Do you really have to fight monsters?"

Magical Girl Fang: "Maybe it's a game played by people from other planets. Who said only Earthlings participate in survival games?"

Lulu: "What's even scarier now...?"

Yiergenjueluo Haokuang: "Dogcoin game, give me back my hard-earned money! I was staying in the car obediently, how could I still get injured! I don't even know what happened, my stamina is dropping like crazy, I'm so scared I'm frantically using medkits."

Helian said repeatedly, "Go ahead and complain, include me in the complaint. I suspect I've been mentally corrupted."

You Menghan: "Maybe we're all hallucinating. We're actually still on Earth, but we've been kidnapped by a mad scientist."

Yiergenjueluo Haokuang: "Damn it, another one has gone mad."

...

The group chat was filled with all sorts of reactions from players: some were still in shock, some were excitedly discussing, and some were rationally analyzing... but there was no one mourning for the eliminated players who had lost their color.

In just five days, it seems that everyone's mindset has changed quite a bit.

Survival games are like a kind of selection process, where only certain people can survive to the end.

What is this? The Human Elimination Plan, the Human Evolution Plan, the Human Instrumentality Plan?

Xia Ning shook her head. She didn't care what the game designer's motives were in creating the game; she only had one plan: to survive.

-

Once she was sure the game had stabilized again, Xia Ning opened the carriage door a crack and peered through it.

The swamp forest was silent, as if nothing had ever happened.

Xia Ning, holding a crossbow, jumped off the carriage, stepped onto the asphalt road, and walked around the tricycle.

It remains reassuringly ugly, with no new scratches added to its mottled metal sheet.

After observing the situation, Xia Ning didn't linger for long. She got into the driver's seat and continued driving to avoid any potential animal attacks.

The swamp lacked vegetation cover, making the view more open, and similarly, Xia Ning felt even more stuffy sitting in the car.

The small electric fan seemed to be blowing hot air as well. Xia Ning wiped the sweat from her forehead, wondering if the danger sensor was reliable at all, since it hadn't reacted during system maintenance.

A thought flashed through Xia Ning's mind, and then she heard a sound that startled her.

Xia Ning discovered that it wasn't a level 2 monster attack, but a friend's private message notification sound.

[Friends Channel]

Ma Jiayuanqing: "Do you need the [Tier 3 Vehicle Upgrade Blueprint]?"

Xia Ning: "!!!"

Xia Ning: "What do you want to trade for it?"

Ma Jiayuanqing: "Clean food, drinking water, and cleaning supplies are all acceptable."

Xia Ning thought for a moment and replied, "How about [9 bars of soap]?"

Ma Jiayuanqing: "Okay."

Player "Ma Jiayuanqing" requested a trade.

— Exchange [Tier 3 Vehicle Upgrade Blueprint] for [Soap x9].

Do you agree?

The items in the game are knock-offs of real-world products, so Ma Jiayuanqing had no suspicions when he received Xia Ning's supermarket goods.

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